Kane Thompson

Kane Thompson

Full name	Kane Gregory Thompson
Date of birth	(1982-01-09) 9 January 1982
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb)
School	Wellington College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Number 8 Current team Template:Rut Taranaki Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2005 Template:Rut Wellington 7 (0) 2005–2007 Template:Rut Southland 22 (10) 2006–2007 Template:Rut Highlanders 14 (5) 2007–2010 Dax 64 (10) 2010 Template:Rut Southland 13 (5) 2011 Template:Rut Hawke's Bay 5 (0) 2012 Template:Rut Chiefs 13 (5) 2012 Canon Eagles 4 (0) 2014 Template:Rut Chiefs 6 (0) 2014–2016 Newcastle Falcons 20 (0) 2016 Template:Rut Manawatu 7 (0) 2017–2018 Template:Rut Taranaki 7 (0) 2018- New Orleans Gold () Correct as of 29 July 2018 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2003 New Zealand U21 8 (0) 2007–2015 Samoa 33 (10) Correct as of 10 October 2015

Kane Gregory Thompson (born 9 January 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He currently plays for Taranaki in the Mitre 10 Cup. He debuted for the Highlanders in 2006. He showed he was well capable of stepping up to the higher level and he had a strong 2006 season for Southland. In 2007 he represented Manu Samoa at the Rugby World Cup and went on to represent U.S Dax in the Top 14 in France. Kane represented Samoa at the 2011 Rugby World Cup before taking up a contract with Chiefs in 2012, who became Super Rugby champions in that year.

He played for the Chiefs in the 2012 Super Rugby, joining national teammate Mahonri Schwalger.

On 17 July 2014, Thompson signed for Newcastle Falcons who compete in the English Aviva Premiership from the 2014-15 season.

Kane also represented Samoa in the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England

External links

• Newcastle Falcons Profile
• Chiefs profile
• IRB profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile